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ST. JOHN SPICE NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2007

 

Greetings from St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands to all our friends.

We are enjoying our ninth year in business as St. John Spice. We have traditionally sent a newsletter periodically to update our customers about St. John news and events. If this is the first time you have received our newsletter, we hope you enjoy it.

 

SPECIALS FROM ST. JOHN SPICE

Signature Spice mail order only special – Buy five 2.5 ounce bags of Cruz Bay Grill Rub, Jerk, Voodoo, Island Creole or Pirate’s Pepper for $5.00 each and get the sixth one free. Mix & match! Offer ends December 15th.

http://www.stjohnspice.com/spices.html

 

Coffee & Tea mail order only special – Buy five ¼ lb. bags of coffee or tea for $5.00 each and get the sixth one free. Mix & match! Offer ends December 15th.

http://www.stjohnspice.com/coffee.html

 

SOME STORE INFO, GIFT IDEAS AND NEW ITEMS
We ship! If you would like to place an order, send us an email or give us a call toll-free at 877-693-7046. We ship U.S. Priority Mail. We have been pleased with the new Flat Rate U.S. Priority Mail box which costs under $10.00 and can hold up to ten bottles of 5-ounce hot sauce or the equivalent volume of other products.  Please also remember that when you are shopping at St. John Spice in person, we can ship your bottles for you so you do not need to worry about placing them in your checked luggage.

 

Holiday orders – If you are ordering something that you’d like to have delivered by Christmas, please make sure we have your order by December 15th to allow time for shipment.

 

Calendars – We have received all of our 2008 calendars and they’re ready to mail. There are six Virgin Islands and St. John calendars to choose from this year. To see them all, visit www.stjohnspice.com/calendars.htm

 

 

New Sweatshirts –

We have added a lot of ladies sweatshirts to our product line this year. To see them, visit www.stjohnspice.com/sweatshirts.html

 

 

 

 

 

 If you have some pirates in your life, check our Caribbean Gifts page 

 www.stjohnspice.com/caribgifts.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do you know someone who loves Painkillers? Give them a St. John Spice Painkiller Kit!

A St. John Spice shot glass with the Painkiller recipe $4.00

Nutmeg grater with eight nutmegs $8.00

For more stocking stuffer gift ideas, visit www.stjohnspice.com/moregifts.htm

 

 

 

 

 

      

 

We are also featuring hand-painted glassware and ceramics by local artist Stephanie Clarke. We have wine glasses, martini glasses and many other items.

Wine glasses shown are $20.00

Visit www.stjohnspice.com/caribgifts.htm

 

 

 

 

Coasterstones – St. John Chart and Trunk Bay

$5.00 each

Set of four $18.00

 

 

 

RESTAURANT & BUSINESS NEWS

Two St. John restaurants have closed their doors permanently. Panini Beach and Tage are both gone. The old Panini Beach space is currently being renovated and will be another restaurant called St. John Waterfront Bistro. There is no word on what will become of the space that was formerly Tage.

 

We have really been enjoying dinners at Mojo Café at night several times a week. They are located right behind the Dockside Building across from Mooie’s. Have your dinner there in the courtyard, or have it to go. Check out their reasonably priced menu here. www.stjohnspice.com/mojoatnight.htm

  

Larry’s Landing has moved and is now located next to Slimman’s Parking lot. Play pool, have an air-conditioned shopping break…..And don’t forget to drop off all those great books you read while on vacation at Larry’s Landing for their book recycling library. That’s where we locals get all our reading material and we need some new books. I’ve already read everything there.

 

Infusions Martini and Wine bar closed suddenly and is now an Italian restaurant called da Livio.

 

Shela from Shela’s Pot in Cruz Bay Park has been serving up lunch in Cruz Bay’s park for 29 years this month. She serves lunch Tuesday through Friday (and sometimes on Saturday.) If you are hungry, check out her delicious local dishes. Tons of food at a great price. If you haven’t tried it yet, stop by on your next trip to St. John.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Café Roma is now serving pizza at the dining tables as well as the bar. At the tables, you can order a nine-inch personal pizza. Traditional-sized sixteen-inch pizzas are still available at the bar and for take-out orders.

  

The Lime Inn is now open Monday through Friday for lunch and dinner and closed to regular business on weekends. The restaurant will be available for functions such as luncheons, weddings and cocktail parties on Saturdays.

 

The news at the Marketplace is the recently opened Starfish Gourmet Market. This store is packed full of previously hard-to-find items. I picked up some Chorizo sausage and a few other things that we have been living without. Check it out, right across from the Starfish entrance.

 

OTHER NEWS FROM ST. JOHN

Our biggest news this year is that we have sold our St. John Kids store. One year ago we moved St. John Kids from our old location to the Dockside Building, next to St. John Spice. Our hope was to improve and expand the store and then turn it over to someone who could be a good neighbor. The plan worked! The new owner of St. John Kids, Claire Hunt, has been busily searching for lots of fun new products.

 

Claire is especially pleased to offer the OneHornButtfish line of clothing and accessories for kids and adults, including tee shirts, tank tops, shorts, towels, visors and other things that you can’t live without.  

 Read an interview with Claire here or visit her web page here. Make sure to stop by when you are on St. John.

  

 

 

Now that the Texaco landmark is gone to make way for the new rotary (someday), I find myself constantly telling people how to get somewhere by saying “Go to the Texaco, then bear” right/left. Since the Texaco was a major orientation point for so many years, I figure that I’m not alone. No one here knows how to give directions to anywhere without the Texaco. We must be getting an awful lot of people very lost.

I took a walk up to the (old) Texaco spot today and noticed that there’s actually a directory there which I hadn’t noticed before. I tried to get a photo, but on a Saturday morning in Cruz Bay it’s a tough spot to take a photograph without becoming a traffic statistic. Here’s the directory. Hopefully when you are in a car and actually need to use it you’ll be able to read what it says.

 

Entertainer James Milne has returned to St. John. James and his wife Tiffany spent two years in Red Sox Nation, where they produced a charming young son who has been entertaining us daily. He’s usually quite a bit livelier than he appears in this photo, but he was recuperating from a late-night Red Sox game at the time. James can be found pushing the stroller around Cruz Bay during the day and playing guitar in Cruz Bay at night. Welcome back James, Tiffany and Tenzin.

While on St. John, look for James and his guitar at The Beach Bar, High Tide, The Balcony and Larry’s Landing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The dates and musical line-up for the 3RD Annual St. John Christmas Festival & Children’s Parade have been announced. “With love from Love City”, the event will take place this year on Saturday, December 1st and Sunday, December 2nd. These concerts under the stars in the heart of Cruz Bay at Winston Wells Ball Field are free and the musical line-up is impressive.

 

December 1st at 8pm –

“CHRISTMAS JAZZ UNDER THE STARS” featuring Grammy nominated Jazz singer Julie Michels
December 2nd at 6:30pm –

Christmas Children’s Parade  starts in Mongoose Junction

December 2nd at 7:30pm –

AN EVENING OF CHRISTMAS GOSPEL AND BLUES UNDER THE STARS” featuring Gospel and Blues legends Diunna Greenleaf and I.J. Gosey, with special guest artist Zac Harmon. Also appearing is the 2007 IBC winners The Homemade Jamz Blues Band from Tupelo Mississippi.

 

For more information visit http://www.stjohnbluesfestival.com/new/christmas07.htm

Also, check out the schedule for the St. John Blues Festival in March 2008.

http://www.stjohnbluesfestival.com/new/schedule08.htm

 

 This is Officer Matthew.  Most days for the past few months he has been on the job in Cruz Bay, either on foot or on his bicycle. Between passenger vehicles, foot traffic, the Vitran Bus and the taxis, the ferry dock loading and unloading area can be chaos, especially on Saturdays.  Office Matthew somehow manages to keep everyone calm and pointed in the right direction with patience, good humor and great organizational skills.  He is extremely friendly and helpful and offers assistance to those who look like they need it. We have noticed the difference down there and we think you will as well. Say hello to Officer Matthew when you’re on St. John.

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARE YOU PLANNING A TRIP TO ST. JOHN?

Here are some places to check out which are new to the rental market:

 

Blue Caribe – An elegant one-bedroom cottage in Coral Bay.

 

Reef Madness – A brand-new two-bedroom in Coral Bay. Read the entertaining construction blog here.

 

Cute Cozy Cottage in Chocolate Hole – For two people.

 

Romance Cottage in Coral Bay – For two people.

 

ARE YOU GETTING YOUR DAILY DOSE OF ST. JOHN?

The guys who brought us The Bongo Bongo Blog (“Want to Watch Us Build A Villa?”) have a new web site where they put together “Muse, News and Reviews” of St. John, including great videos of people and places that you are sure to recognize. This web site is full of original ideas and content and there’s something new every day. If you’ve never heard of this web site before, you have a lot of catching up to do.

Check out http://www.on-stjohn.com/.

To start at the beginning and read all the entries, click here for the December 2006 Archives.

To start with the videos that you’ve missed, click here for a list.

 

Finally, we would like to offer the sincerest of thanks to our customers for eight great years of St. John Spice, including two years at our new location in the Dockside Building. This was the best move we ever made. Ron and I love our bigger and brighter space. We especially like the fact that our offices are in the same space as the store which allows us to meet so many of our customers and hear about their experiences on St. John first-hand. We hope to see a lot of you in person very soon.

-Ruth & Ron

www.stjohnspice.com

Email:  info@stjohnspice.com

 

 

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